SOUTHBURY — A pesky leak near a false chimney on the roof of the Southbury Public Library will be permanently fixed sometime in the next few months.

The town will seek bids to take the chimney down and remove a section of the roof so the damage, described as "significant" by the head of maintenance in Southbury, can be repaired.

The leak developed a few years after the Poverty Road book lender opened in 2006. Staff noticed water dripping from ceiling tiles near the corner of the art gallery hallway outside the Kingsley Room on the south side of the building.

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